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2017
Annual
Report
Advanced Manufacturing Working Group
In partnership with Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters
(CME), EDW worked to formalize its promotion of the
advanced manufacturing sector and its importance in
growing Manitoba's economy.
Capital Region Economic Research Project
The multi-year Capital Region economic research project
continued to be an EDW focus, which included gathering
evidence-based information on the key drivers of our regional
economy. The results of this project will inform how, as a
region, we can better formulate economic development
strategies, which will lead to better decision making and
greater economic growth.
Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) – Smart 21
As the lead author of Winnipeg's submission to the Intelligent
Community Forum (ICF) for 2018, EDW was successful in
advancing Winnipeg to the ICF's long list of Smart 21 cities
in the world. EDW leveraged a broad cross section of
community stakeholders including its Winnipeg Smart
City Caucus to complete the Smart 21 proposal. This is the
sixth time that the ICF has recognized Winnipeg in its
Smart 21 Cities list since 2011. EDW submitted its application
to advance in ICF's designation for 2018's Smart City of the
Year, and has since been recognized as a Top 7 Intelligent
Community finalist for the year.
Amazon HQ2 RFP
In October EDW, as a member of Team Manitoba (a group
comprised of the Province of Manitoba, City of Winnipeg and
Economic Development Winnipeg), submitted a bid to be the
home for Amazon's second headquarter location. The bid
was accompanied by a video produced in-house which
featured Obby Khan touring Alexa (an Android Echo device)
around Winnipeg.
Blog and Website Revamp
A newsroom blog was launched to promote Winnipeg
success stories, and EDW's corporate website was
revamped to achieve better navigation.
Smart Winnipeg Caucus
A multi-stakeholder initiative, the Winnipeg Smart City Caucus
continues to focus on leveraging open data and big data
analytics to improve efficiency and investment decisions at
the government level. The objective of the caucus is to move
the community toward making decisions using intelligent/
smart community principles to create a more competitive
environment for investment.
EDW Results
Mike
Peters